Is DevThrottle an AI agent?

No. DevThrottle does not write code and is not an agent - it is the control room for the agents you already run. It lines up Claude Code, Codex, and your other tools on one board so you can see what each is doing at a glance and answer them by voice. You bring the agents and their subscriptions, and running them through DevThrottle costs nothing.

The app is free forever, and your code never leaves your computer. We host nothing of yours, so it costs us nothing when you use it. The only thing for sale is prepaid credits, which pay for hosted AI features like transcription at a published rate card. The free version is not a trial and never expires.

Which coding agents does it work with?

It works with the AI coding agents you already use - Claude Code, Codex, Aider, Gemini, and others - across different tools at the same time. You keep your existing agent and subscription; DevThrottle runs and watches them all on one board.

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Credits and billing

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DevThrottle has no subscription. The app is $0 and stays that way; hosted AI features are paid from prepaid credits you load in advance. Credits never expire until used, there is nothing recurring, and nothing can spend past what you loaded. Billing is the page where the credits live.

Screenshot coming soonThe Billing page: credit balance, top-up buttons, automatic top-up settings, and payment history

The Billing page: credit balance, top-up buttons, automatic top-up settings, and payment history

Topping up

Top-ups are whole-dollar amounts with a $5 minimum, paid by card through Stripe checkout. The first $5 is the one that activates hosted features like hosted transcription - it buys 25 hours of audio at the published rate, which for typical daily dictation lasts well over a month. Rates are on the public rate card; when they change, they change loudly.

Automatic top-up

Optional: when your balance drops below a threshold you set, DevThrottle tops up by an amount you set, from your saved card. It exists so voice does not die mid-week; it stays entirely under the limits you choose, and you can turn it off any time.

Monthly spending limit

A hard ceiling you set on how much your account may spend per month. With prepaid credits plus a limit, cost control is structural - not a promise.

Payment history

Every top-up, refund, and adjustment as a line item. Day-to-day consumption is deliberately not listed here - that is aggregated on Usage - so the payment history stays a clean money-in record you could hand to bookkeeping.

Tip

The pattern that works for most people: one $5 top-up to start, auto top-up off, and a look at Usage after two weeks. Load more only when the numbers say so.

Note

Nothing on this page is needed to run your agents - your own subscriptions and keys work through DevThrottle for free. Credits exist only for the hosted features you opt into.